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Our podcast is here to help humanize Alzheimer’s disease, by speaking with the experts in our community to keep you informed on the latest headlines, research studies, and caregiver resources.

Dementia Matters Wisconsin Alzheimer‘s Disease Research Center

    • Health & Fitness

Our podcast is here to help humanize Alzheimer’s disease, by speaking with the experts in our community to keep you informed on the latest headlines, research studies, and caregiver resources.

    The Fundamentals of Neuropsychology: Breaking Down Cognition, Memory and More

    The Fundamentals of Neuropsychology: Breaking Down Cognition, Memory and More

    The brain is the most complex part of the human body, controlling thought, memory, emotion, motor skills, sensory input and all the processes that regulate our bodies. How exactly does it work, and how are clinicians able to determine whether brain changes are a result of normal aging, Alzheimer’s disease, or something else? Dr. Victoria Williams joins the podcast to explain important concepts in neuropsychology, from the difference between cognition and intelligence to how memories are made, and discuss how cognitive tests work in memory clinics.
    Guest: Victoria Williams, PhD, neuropsychologist, UW Health, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
    Show Notes
    Are you a clinician interested in receiving continuing education (CE) credits for listening to this episode? Find credit designation information, disclosures and evaluation information on our website and on the UW–Madison Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership (ICEP) website. The accreditation for this course expires 3/25/2025. After this date, you will no longer be able to access the course or claim credit.
    Learn more about the domains and structure of the brain through the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) website.
    Learn more about Dr. Williams at her bio on the University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine website.
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    Email Dementia Matters: dementiamatters@medicine.wisc.edu
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    Enjoy Dementia Matters? Consider making a gift to the Dementia Matters fund through the UW Initiative to End Alzheimer’s. All donations go toward outreach and production.

    • 41 min
    Long COVID and Its Effect on Cognition

    Long COVID and Its Effect on Cognition

    Since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2020, there have been many concerns about how cases of COVID-19 and Long COVID or Post-COVID Conditions (PCC) affect not just a person’s physical health, but their cognition as well. In this episode, Dr. Jim Jackson talks about his path into critical illness research and his dedicated focus on unraveling the impact of Long COVID on cognition. Throughout the discussion, he talks about the parallels between Long COVID and other chronic illnesses, the effects of Long COVID across different demographics, the concurrent challenges faced by older adults and more. 
    Guest: James “Jim” Jackson, PsyD, director of long-term outcomes, Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center, research associate professor of medicine, director of behavioral health, ICU Recovery Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Show Notes
    Learn more about Dr. Jackson’s book, Clearing the Fog: From Surviving to Thriving with Long Covid―A Practical Guide, on Goodreads.
    Listen to Dr. Jackson’s interview on NPR’s Fresh Air podcast, “Millions of people have long COVID brain fog — and there's a shortage of answers.”
    Learn more about Dr. Jackson at his bio on the Vanderbilt University website.
    Learn more about Long COVID or Post-COVID Conditions on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website.
    Connect with Us
    Find transcripts and more at our website.
    Email Dementia Matters: dementiamatters@medicine.wisc.edu
    Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
    Subscribe to the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center’s e-newsletter.
    Enjoy Dementia Matters? Consider making a gift to the Dementia Matters fund through the UW Initiative to End Alzheimer’s. All donations go toward outreach and production.

    • 28 min
    Listen Up! The Connections Between Hearing Loss, Hearing Interventions and Cognitive Decline

    Listen Up! The Connections Between Hearing Loss, Hearing Interventions and Cognitive Decline

    Hearing loss affects roughly 15.5% of Americans 20 years and older. While the majority of these individuals experience mild hearing loss, the prevalence and severity of hearing loss increases with age. What does this sensory change mean for dementia risk, and can this risk be prevented through interventions like hearing aids? Dr. Frank Lin joins the podcast to discuss the relationship between hearing loss and dementia and share findings from the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders, or ACHIEVE, study.
    Guest: Frank Lin, MD, PhD, director, Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health, Professor of Otolaryngology, Medicine, Mental Health, and Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University
    Show Notes
    Read more about Dr. Lin’s study, “Hearing intervention versus health education control to reduce cognitive decline in older adults with hearing loss in the USA (ACHIEVE): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial,”  in The Lancet.
    Learn more about the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study, mentioned at 20:01, through the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s websites.
    Read more about U.S. regulations surrounding over-the-counter hearing aids, mentioned at 34:00, in “‘A New Frontier’ for Hearing Aids,” by The New York Times.
    Learn more about Dr. Lin at his bio on the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health website.
    Learn more about the ACHIEVE study on their webpage.
    Connect with us
    Find transcripts and more at our website.
    Email Dementia Matters: dementiamatters@medicine.wisc.edu
    Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
    Subscribe to the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center’s e-newsletter.
    Enjoy Dementia Matters? Consider making a gift to the Dementia Matters fund through the UW Initiative to End Alzheimer’s. All donations go toward outreach and production.

    • 38 min
    From Caregiver to Research Participant: How One Woman’s Experience as a Dementia Caregiver Drew Her to Alzheimer’s Research

    From Caregiver to Research Participant: How One Woman’s Experience as a Dementia Caregiver Drew Her to Alzheimer’s Research

    Caring for a loved one with cognitive decline can be challenging. While it is a labor of love, burnout is all but inevitable. In this episode kicking off our Voices of Research Participants series with co-host Sarah Walter, Cynthia Sierra touches on her personal experience with caregiver burnout as both a caregiver and research study partner for her mother, who has early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. She also shares her unique perspective on Alzheimer’s disease research as someone who started as a family caregiver.
    Guest: Cynthia Sierra, MS, LPC, senior project manager, UT Health San Antonio
    Co-host: Sarah Walter, MSc, program administrator, Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials Consortium (ACTC) and Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI)
    Show Notes
    Learn more about Cynthia Sierra’s research at her ResearchGate profile.
    Learn more about Sarah Walter at her bio on the Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials Consortium website.
    Find resources for people with dementia and their care partners on our website.
    Connect with Us
    Find transcripts and more at our website.
    Email Dementia Matters: dementiamatters@medicine.wisc.edu
    Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
    Subscribe to the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center’s e-newsletter.
    Enjoy Dementia Matters? Consider making a gift to the Dementia Matters fund through the UW Initiative to End Alzheimer’s. All donations go toward outreach and production.

    • 35 min
    Looking at Lecanemab’s Eligibility Guidelines and Prescription Process

    Looking at Lecanemab’s Eligibility Guidelines and Prescription Process

    In the past few years, new therapies shown to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease in people in the early stages of the disease have been making their way through the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval process. With these treatments now available, there are a growing number of questions surrounding who is eligible to take these medications and what processes are needed to ensure they are prescribed safely and effectively. Host Dr. Nathaniel Chin examines the guidelines for geriatricians and clinicians prescribing lecanemab and breaks down the eligibility requirements necessary to receive this treatment.
    Show Notes
    Read Eisai/Biogen’s “Prescribing Information” for Leqembi online.
    Read “Lecanemab: Appropriate Use Recommendations” on the National Library of Medicine website.
    Read the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) guidelines for prescribing lecanemab, “Lecanemab-irmb (LEQEMBI) Criteria for Use August 2023,'' online.
    Listen to previous Dementia Matters episodes on lecanemab, including “Putting Lecanemab into Practice: A Clinician’s Perspective on the New Alzheimer’s Treatment,” “A Closer Look at the Lecanemab Clinical Trials,” and “Introducing Lecanemab, The Latest Alzheimer’s Disease Drug to Receive FDA Accelerated Approval,” on our website and all major podcast platforms.
    Connect with Us
    Find transcripts and more at our website.
    Email Dementia Matters: dementiamatters@medicine.wisc.edu
    Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
    Subscribe to the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center’s e-newsletter.
    Enjoy Dementia Matters? Consider making a gift to the Dementia Matters fund through the UW Initiative to End Alzheimer’s. All donations go toward outreach and production.

    • 35 min
    Do Non-Medicinal Interventions Reduce Dementia Risk? Studies are Inconclusive, Here’s Why

    Do Non-Medicinal Interventions Reduce Dementia Risk? Studies are Inconclusive, Here’s Why

    In 2017, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine published a report showing promising but inconclusive evidence suggesting that interventions like cognitive training, blood pressure control and increased physical activity reduce a person’s risk for dementia, but what does the research show now? Dr. Luke Stoeckel from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) joins the podcast to share where the research on lifestyle interventions is at, why studies on these interventions are difficult to complete and more.
    Guest: Luke Stoeckel, PhD, program director, Mechanistic and Translational Decision Science Program, Division of Behavioral and Social Research (DBSR), NIA
    Show Notes
    Learn about the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on their website.
    Read the 2017 National Academies’ report, “Preventing Cognitive Decline and Dementia,” for free on their website.
    Learn about the National Academies’ Research Priorities for Preventing and Treating Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias and find upcoming workshops on their website.
    Find information on the 2021 National Academies workshop mentioned by Dr. Chin at 1:36 on the National Academies website.
    Learn more about Dr. Stoeckel in his bio on the National Institute on Aging website.
    Connect with Us
    Find transcripts and more at our website.
    Email Dementia Matters: dementiamatters@medicine.wisc.edu
    Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
    Subscribe to the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center’s e-newsletter.
    Enjoy Dementia Matters? Consider making a gift to the Dementia Matters fund through the UW Initiative to End Alzheimer’s. All donations go toward outreach and production.

    • 34 min

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